New JCC Video: Jewish My Way
View the new JCC video, which illustrates the JCC's vision of "Jewish My Way": using Jewish values and traditions to help people live lives of meaning...
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Speak Volumes: Welcoming Guests
By Kathy Bloomfield“[Abraham] was sitting at the entrance of the tent as the day grew hot. Looking up, he saw three men standing near him....
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Speak Volumes: Acts of Loving Kindness
By Kathy Bloomfield "The world stands on three things: Torah, Avodah (Worship) and Gemilut Chasadim (Acts of Loving Kindness) (Ethics of the Fathers 1:2)." What...
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Speak Volumes: Honoring Parents
By Kathy Bloomfield I am honored to have been invited by CJP Family Connections to bring "Speak Volumes," a Jewish-values based reading program, to this...
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The Importance of Teaching Values For Young Children
Helen Cohen, Director of The Frances Jacobson Early Childhood Center (FJECC) at Temple Israel in Boston, and her staff are passionate about teaching their young...
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Kids' Books Matter: Finding Jewish Values in Secular Books
On the hunt for good kids' books that espouse Jewish values? So was Kathy Bloomfield when she started the website forwordsbooks: kids books that matter...
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Finding Wonder in Nature
We asked Ronit Ziv-Kreger, Ph.D., a Jewish educator working with children and adults in the Boston area, how to encourage an appreciation for nature in...
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A Very Special Olympics
Sue and Terry McSweeney are coaches for the JCC Maccabi Games. For the past five years they have accompanied young athletes from the JCCs of Greater Boston...
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JOI featured on Repair the World Blog
The Jewish Organizing Initiative (JOI) in Boston is a year-long fellowship that teaches the next generation of Jewish leaders about community organizing: helping empower under-served...
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And a child shall lead them: A message for Purim from the JCC
By Mark Sokoll Chaverim, Last weekend the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston had the honor of hosting a swim-a-thon to benefit Haiti...
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